Replacing dry multiple-choice tests with quizzes akin to the hit TV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire could help boost comprehension levels in children.
Tzu-Hua Wang at the National Hsinchu University of Education in Taiwan has devised a web-based multiple choice testing system with some fun elements influenced by the TV quiz. The system gives pupils the chance to “prune” away two incorrect answers from four – or, in a nod to “phone a friend”, they may ask the class for help.
Unsurprisingly, children were more willing to be tested using Wang’s system. But he also found kids had higher…
